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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are 'pali'?
(a) The cold gusts of air.
(b) The people.
(c) The fish.
(d) The cliffs.

2. What are the names of Rachel's brothers?
(a) Edward and Mikala.
(b) John and Kai.
(c) Thomas and Akamu.
(d) Benjamin and Kimo.

3. What does Moko make Rachel do in Chapter 8?
(a) Help him with chores.
(b) Teach him how to sew.
(c) Walk a mile to the store.
(d) Write a letter for him.

4. How long is the route that Rachel takes when she runs away?
(a) Twenty miles.
(b) Three miles.
(c) Twelve miles.
(d) Thirty miles.

5. Whom do Rachel and her mother and siblings wait for at Honolulu Harbor in Chapter 1?
(a) A shipment of new cooking ingredients.
(b) A fireworks show.
(c) A package from relatives abroad.
(d) Rachel's father.

6. What does Henry wish for in Chapter 12?
(a) Rachel could transfer to another leper settlement.
(b) Rachel would be let out of the settlement.
(c) Sarah would visit him.
(d) He would contract leprosy.

7. What does the board of health put on the fence in front of the Kamala's house?
(a) A large red 'x.'
(b) A sign saying that the house contains leprosy.
(c) Yellow police tape.
(d) A wreath.

8. Who is Dorothy?
(a) Rachel's mother.
(b) Rachel's neighbor.
(c) Rachel's aunt.
(d) Rachel's sister.

9. What does Sarah tell Rachel about the people boarding the ship in Chapter 1?
(a) They are lepers.
(b) They are criminals.
(c) They are rich.
(d) They are missionaries.

10. What frightens Rachel when she first meets Francine?
(a) Francine's diseased hand.
(b) Francine's boisterous laugh.
(c) Francine's confidence.
(d) Francine's glaring eyes.

11. Who declares a Provisional Government in Chapter 4?
(a) A group of American businessmen.
(b) The monarchy.
(c) A group of government officials from Singapore.
(d) The Hawaiian elite.

12. What does Haleola notice when she walks to the beach to meet Rachel in Chapter 10?
(a) A sick man.
(b) The remains of a rowboat.
(c) A storm approaching.
(d) An American flag.

13. Whom does Rachel have sex with in Chapter 12?
(a) Hokea.
(b) Nahoa.
(c) Jake.
(d) Tom.

14. What does Rachel's father do for a living?
(a) He is a sailor.
(b) He is a shoemaker.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a cook.

15. What charges at Rachel when she runs away?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A wild horse.
(c) A wild pig.
(d) An eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is it when the novel begins?

2. Who is the superintendent of the leper settlement?

3. What does Mother Marianne ask Rachel when she returns from the party in Chapter 10?

4. Whom does Rachel befriend upon moving into the dormitory at Moloka'i?

5. What does Rachel think of the moving pictures?

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